That’s how it works here. I’m back in the hills of rural TN. If we call the law, it takes 45 minutes for them to get here if they aren’t already in the area. They always say, “if they get in before we get there, shoot them”.
If I’ve read the law correctly, here in Texas after dark if you even SUSPECT that someone is on your property intending to commit a felony level crime, you can blast away.
During daylight hours we have to follow the Castle Doctrine. Of course it depends on what county you’re in how aggressively that is enforced. Where I am I expect local law enforcement would call any dead perp a good shoot.